- Lead
- 896
- Total
- 2,634
- vs nation
- D+35.5
New Hampshire State House District Cheshire 1
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,163
- Total
- 2,490
- vs nation
- D+42.3
- Lead
- 1,045
- Total
- 2,976
- vs nation
- D+33.0
- Lead
- 1,392
- Total
- 2,790
- vs nation
- D+46.0
- Lead
- 1,516
- Total
- 2,900
- vs nation
- D+45.0
- Lead
- 1,237
- Total
- 2,526
- vs nation
- D+51.4
- Lead
- 800
- Total
- 1,983
- vs nation
- D+39.8
- Lead
- 838
- Total
- 1,795
- vs nation
- D+38.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+34.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 4,6912024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,303 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,1712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+29.2 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District Strafford 14, NH · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
New Hampshire State House District Cheshire 1 · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
82.0%
1,040 votes · D+64.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 75.4%
Republican
William McKinley1896
63.5%
183 votes · R+29.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 53.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
2,186votes
75.4% of the vote · D+52.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 2,059 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2016
852votes
28.6% of the vote · D+35.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 849 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John Kerry2004
+51.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.0 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +46.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+23.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +1.4 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Anchored in downtown Keene, this compact district posts presidential margins exceeding 34 points Democratic — an outlier in a state known for tight statewide races, reflecting a dense, college-influenced electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 29.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 12.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.0 points.
A population of 4,691, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,171 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District Strafford 14 and State House District Merrimack 18.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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New Hampshire State House District Cheshire 1. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/33201/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.